Monthly Archive for October, 2012

: October, 2012

This week, the New York League of Conservation Voters debuted its list of six priority Senate races – dubbed the “six pack“, which includes two incumbent Republicans who are among the Democrats’ top targets in this year’s re-match for control of the majority: Sens. Mark Grisanti and Marty Golden. The other four six packers are… …

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in New York City with no public schedule. At 11 a.m., LG Bob Duffy delivers remarks at ORAFOL Precision Technology Center’s facility expansion, 200 Park Center Dr., West Henrietta. At 1 p.m., Duffy joins local officials for an announcement about the Buffalo Arts and Technology Center, Artspace Buffalo, 1219 Main St.… …

Democratic Senate candidate George Latimer, a state assemblyman, held a slim 3 percentage-point lead over Republican Bob Cohen for an open Westchester County seat, a Siena College poll today found. Latimer had a 44 percent to 41 percent lead over Cohen, the poll found. With a margin of error of 4.7 percentage points, the race […] …

Siena is out with its first two polls of state Senate races, which bring mixed news for both the Democrats and the Republicans as they head into the final weeks of their epic re-match for control of the Senate. In the 37th SD, Democratic Assemblyman George Latimer has a three-point lead over Republican Bob Cohen,… …

A pair of polls by the Siena Research Institute show Republicans are solidly positioned in two of the four most closely watched seats around the state. Assemblyman George Latimer is three points ahead …

Wendy Long is using New York’s latest delay of a decision on hydrofracking as an opportunity to knock her Democratic opponent. Long, a Manhattan attorney running against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on the Republican and Conservative lines, will travel to Syracuse tomorrow to criticize Gillibrand for her position on the controversial technique used to help extract […] …

A law enforcement union representing State University of New York police officers has issued a public warning and a series of safety tips in light of several violent incidents that occurred on or near SUNY campuses this fall. Just last month, a SUNY Brockport student was beaten to death in her campus dorm room, two […] …